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This Metro line had the most recent multi-stop expansion in 2022, making it the longest Metro line.

What is the Silver Line?  

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Metro's permanent, rechargeable farecard.  

What is SmarTrip?  

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The service that recently (end of June) got its biggest major change in 50 years, with all routes renamed.  

What is Metrobus?  

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The closest metro stop to the Washington Monument.  

What is Smithsonian?  

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This Metro stop connects to the most lines (5) and has the most escalators (31) of any Metro stop in DC.  

What is L'Enfant Plaza?  

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This Metro line is the only line that terminates in D.C.

What is the yellow line? 

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The 5-sided headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense.  

What is the Pentagon? 

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The most recent Metro stop added.  

What is Potomac Yard?  

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The 2 closest Metro stops to our current location.  

What are Rosslyn and Courthouse?  

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The longest distance between 2 neighboring Metro stops is 6.9 miles.  Plans for a stop between them leading to Wolf Trap were considered but discarded.  This Metro stop is one of them. 

What is Spring Hill or Whiele-Reston East? [6.9 miles apart]

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The first Metro line to open.  

What is the Red Line?  

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This architect designed the street layout for Washington, D.C. 

Who is Pierre L'Enfant?  

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This station is named after 2 venues, one of which is abandoned.  There is a proposed deal to rebuild the venue for the Washington Commanders to play there, which includes a $4 billion redevelopment of the area.  

What is Stadium-Armory?  

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The closest Metro stop to Theodore Roosevelt Island.  

What is Rosslyn?  

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The occasion for which Metro had the most rail and bus trips in one day.  

What was President Barack Obama's first inauguration? 

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From 1993 to 1999, this Metro line operated as two unconnected sections, and could not be ridden from beginning to end without transferring.  

What is the Green Line?  

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The only Metro stop named after British royalty.  

What is King Street-Old Town?  

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This station has an abandoned underground entrance which once allowed for in-station connection to its namesake building, but was closed for security reasons in 2001.  

What is Pentagon?  

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The closest Metro stop to Ford's Theater.  

What is Metro Center?  

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The Metro stop with the longest name including subtitles.  

What is U St/African Amer Civil War Mem'l/Cardozo?  

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Two unique sights can be spotted from this Metro line: A Metro pylon featuring all six Metro line colors, and a rollover train used by respondents for simulating emergencies involving a tilted train car.  

What is the Orange Line?  

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This stop was named after the Native American path widened by a British officer's troops during the French and Indian war.  

What is Braddock Road? 

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This Metro line is currently under construction and expected to open in winter 2027.  

What is the Purple Line?  

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The closest Metro stop to Capital One Arena.  

What is Gallery Place-Chinatown?  

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The Metro station with the longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere at 230'.  

What is Wheaton station?